Advanced Security Training

10/16/2026

Ask around at any cybersecurity conference and you'll find that nobody there started as a "computer person."

The retail manager who spent years reading people and defusing situations. The nurse who handled protected records under HIPAA without a slip. The logistics sergeant who held a clearance and ran a supply chain on deadline.

All of them were doing parts of the job, just without the title.

For hiring managers, that's worth sitting with. If your requisitions filter for years of it experience first, you may be screening out the judgement and discipline your SOC actually needs. The technical layer can be rained. Calm under pressure and not cutting corners are much harder to teach.

Weve laid out a realistic 90-day path for career changers, including where they typically land first.

Blog link in comments.

10/15/2026

Linux sometimes gets treated as though it's automatically secure because it's Linux.
It isn't.
Linux systems still need good administration, sensible permissions, updates, monitoring and recoverable backups.
And when something goes wrong, somebody needs to know where to look.
Which process shouldn't be running?
Which account changed?
Which service started?
What do the logs show?
Can the system be recovered?
Security tools help.
Knowing the operating system underneath them helps even more.

10/14/2026

This instructor-led clinic is for students preparing for certification exams that require in-depth knowledge of how IPv4 addressing and subnetting works.

Our IP clinic is particularly suited to students looking to take CompTIA A+ and Network+, Cisco CCNA and CCNP, and EC-Council's CND and CEH certification exams.

Note that this is a live, 3-hour Instructor-led session, not a pre-made video.

10/14/2026

The cyber talent gap is real, and it's your opening. Full breakdown at the link in bio.

10/09/2026

This instructor-led clinic is for students preparing for certification exams that require in-depth knowledge of how IPv4 addressing and subnetting works.

Our IP clinic is particularly suited to students looking to take CompTIA A+ and Network+, Cisco CCNA and CCNP, and EC-Council's CND and CEH certification exams.

Note that this is a live, 3-hour Instructor-led session, not a pre-made video

Topics Covered includes:
- The differences between Class A, B and C addressing
- Finding a valid Host range for an IP Network
- Determining the number of Hosts supported when using a non default subnet mask
- Determining what subnet mask to use when given a number of networks required
- Determining a hosts network id and broadcast address

10/06/2026

This instructor-led clinic is for students preparing for certification exams that require in-depth knowledge of how IPv4 addressing and subnetting works.

Our IP clinic is particularly suited to students looking to take CompTIA A+ and Network+, Cisco CCNA and CCNP, and EC-Council's CND and CEH certification exams.

Note that this is a live, 3-hour Instructor-led session, not a pre-made video.
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This instructor-led clinic is for students preparing for certification exams that require in-depth knowledge of how IP addressing and subnetting works.

10/05/2026

Thinking it's too late to get into cybersecurity? The numbers say otherwise.
📊 More than 500,000 cyber roles are unfilled in the US alone
📊 Two-thirds of organizations say they're understaffed right now
📊 91% of IT recruiters prefer candidates with certifications
When employers can't hire fast enough, they get more willing to train people with the right habits: problem-solving, attention to detail, calm under pressure. Plenty of careers teach those.
A certification is the fastest way to show you're ready. The window is open now, but it won't stay this wide forever.
Read why the gap isn't closing: https://hubs.la/Q04zbN4d0

10/02/2026

There are 4.8 million unfilled cybersecurity roles worldwide right now. 4.8 million empty chairs that should be occupied but aren’t. In practical terms, for every cybersecurity professional currently working, there is almost one more seat beside them waiting for someone who hasn’t arrived yet. This is a structural workforce deficit; it isn’t the kind of gap that quietly closes when markets shift or hiring cycles cool. Indeed, the gap is expanding year over year as digital systems outpace the supply of people qualified to secure them.
For the career changer, this is the rare moment where timing and demand align in your favor. You’re not arriving late to a crowded field; you’re stepping into one that is actively pulling people in, valuing adjacent skills, and rewarding those willing to reskill with urgency and purpose.
For the organizations, the hard truth is that hiring alone will not solve the problem. Competing for the same limited talent pool only recirculates scarcity, driving up costs without closing the gap. The solution requires building capability, not just buying it.
Closing the cybersecurity workforce gap will require a fundamental shift, from reactive hiring to proactive talent creation.

09/30/2026

There's an important difference between having a cybersecurity process and knowing whether that process actually works.
An incident-response plan might exist.
Has anyone tested it?
Access reviews might be required.
Are they happening?
Backups might be running.
Can they actually be restored?
Good IT auditing asks those uncomfortable questions before a real incident answers them for you.

09/28/2026

Imagine restoring every affected computer after an attack but never determining how the attacker got in.
The systems may be running again.
The problem may not actually be solved.
Digital forensics helps incident teams reconstruct events, preserve evidence and understand what happened so organizations can make better decisions during recovery.